Megan Griffith
| Current position | |
|---|---|
| Title | Head coach |
| Team | Columbia |
| Conference | Ivy League |
| Record | 145–90 (.617) |
| Biographical details | |
| Born | September 4, 1985 |
| Playing career | |
| 2003–2007 | Columbia |
| Coaching career (HC unless noted) | |
| 2012–2016 | Princeton (assistant) |
| 2016–present | Columbia |
| Head coaching record | |
| Overall | 145–90 (.617) |
| Accomplishments and honors | |
| Championships | |
| 3x Ivy League regular season (2023–2025) | |
| Awards | |
| 3x Ivy League Coach of the Year (2023–2025) | |
Megan Griffith (born September 4, 1985) is an American college basketball coach and current head coach of the Columbia Lions women's basketball team.[1] Since joining Columbia in 2016, Griffith has built up the program and led the Lions to the winningest stretch in the program's NCAA Division I history.[1] She is the all-time winningest coach in program history. Griffith coached the team to its first regular season Ivy League title in 2023.[2] The Lions repeated as champions in 2024 and went on to earn the program's first berth into the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.[3]
Griffith is the former assistant women's basketball coach and recruiting coordinator at Princeton.[1] During Griffith's time at Princeton, the Tigers reached the postseason each year and earned five Ivy League titles.[1]
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Griffith is from King of Prussia, Pennsylvania and was a three-sport athlete at Villa Maria Academy, playing basketball, lacrosse, and volleyball.[1] As a basketball player, she was a two-time team captain and earned first team Main Line Times honors her junior and senior year.[1] Her team won the PIAA District 1 Championship in 2002.[4][5] Griffith went on to play basketball for the Columbia Lions women's basketball team from 2003 to 2007, captaining the team for three seasons and earning All-Ivy honors in 2006 and 2007.[1] She scored a total of 1,061 career points, making her one of 12 Lions to score more than 1,000 points in her career.[6][7] She majored in economics and was a two-time Academic All-Ivy selection.[1]
Professional career
[edit]After graduation, Griffith played professional basketball in Europe from 2007 to 2010. She was a member of the FoA Nice Basketball team in Forssa, Finland and was named MVP at the end of the 2007–08 season.[1] She played for Espoo from 2008 to 2009 and led the team to the National Finnish Championship and the Finnish Cup Championship titles.[1] During the 2009–10 season, she played for the Celeritas-Donar basketball team in Groningen, Netherlands.[1]
Columbia statistics
[edit]Sources[8]
| GP | Games played | GS | Games started | MPG | Minutes per game |
| FG% | Field goal percentage | 3P% | 3-point field goal percentage | FT% | Free throw percentage |
| RPG | Rebounds per game | APG | Assists per game | SPG | Steals per game |
| BPG | Blocks per game | PPG | Points per game | Bold | Career high |
| Year | Team | GP | Points | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003–04 | Columbia | 23 | 60 | 29.6% | 33.3% | 77.4% | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.5 | - | 2.6 |
| 2004–05 | Columbia | 27 | 213 | 38.7% | 34.7% | 83.9% | 2.2 | 3.5 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 7.9 |
| 2005–06 | Columbia | 33 | 410 | 38.7% | 35.7% | 73.5% | 3.0 | 5.5 | 1.7 | - | 15.2 |
| 2006–07 | Columbia | 28 | 378 | 36.0% | 28.9% | 76.6% | 2.4 | 3.8 | 2.0 | - | 13.5 |
| Career | 105 | 1061 | 37.1% | 32.3% | 76.6% | 2.2 | 3.6 | 1.4 | 0.0 | 10.1 |
Head coaching record
[edit]| Season | Team | Overall | Conference | Standing | Postseason | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Lions (Ivy League) (2016–present) | |||||||||
| 2016–17 | Columbia | 13–14 | 3–11 | T–7th | |||||
| 2017–18 | Columbia | 8–21 | 2–12 | 8th | |||||
| 2018–19 | Columbia | 8–19 | 4–10 | 7th | |||||
| 2019–20 | Columbia | 17–10 | 8–6 | 4th | Postseason not held | ||||
| 2020–21 | Columbia | Season Cancelled | |||||||
| 2021–22 | Columbia | 25–7 | 12–2 | 2nd | WNIT Quarterfinals | ||||
| 2022–23 | Columbia | 28–6 | 12–2 | T–1st | WNIT Runner-Up | ||||
| 2023–24 | Columbia | 23–7 | 13–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I First Four | ||||
| 2024–25 | Columbia | 23–6 | 13–1 | T–1st | NCAA Division I | ||||
| Columbia: | 145–90 (.617) | 67–45 (.598) | |||||||
| Total: | 145–90 (.617) | ||||||||
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National champion
Postseason invitational champion
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Megan Griffith". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Columbia Wins First Ivy League Championship". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
- ^ "First Time Dancers! Women's Basketball Headed to NCAA Tournament". Columbia University Athletics. March 17, 2024. Retrieved March 28, 2024.
- ^ "CHAMPIONSHIPS AND AWARDS". Vmahs.org. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Winter Sports: Basketball Girls - Championship History". Piaad1.org. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Columbia Women's Basketball 2017-18 Record Book" (PDF). Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "Hsu Scores 1,000th Point in Blowout Win". Gocolumbialions.com. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
- ^ "NCAA Statistics". NCAA.ORG. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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